#idk this is kinda shitty i just wanted to try

[mustasekittens]

tried to draw that scene

[lovelyrotter]

can ppl in this fandom like... stop... implying that transmasculinity in hcs or (especially) canon is shallow or misogynistic or even transmisogynistic on princible, like literally just by being prescent in someones mind or in the text. like that doesnt fuckin feel good. thats kind of really nasty to imply. if its not okay to say about other trans experiences, maybe dont say it about this one either. why is there a weird little exception here. yall KNOW how much that sucks to hear all day every day. what the fuck

[chrisbangs]

i finished thesis, won an award, and have graduated.. hello 👋🥸

[batsplat]

casey also talks about sepang 2015 what do you think of that

oh in that podcast? uh... lemme listen again...

yeah idk it's not really anything new I'd say? he's said basically all the same stuff in more interesting and extensive ways elsewhere. I think casey inevitably has a very 'well feuding is bad and helps nobody' point of view, has expressed that before in the past, does it here again, and he's also drawn a parallel between himself and marc on several occasions. which... well, of course there's similarities in terms of public discourse or whatever, but the parallel really falls apart whenever casey argues the feuds cost valentino. like, I do think it's sometimes important to just. keep in mind. it's interesting that casey draws this comparison in his mind but that doesn't necessarily means he's right about this. I'm not sure how you'd argue that starting a feud with casey cost valentino anything competitively? you can argue it didn't help him I guess, and then we can have a debate about the ins and outs of the 2008 season. we can also have an argument that in a hypothetical world where casey isn't ill in 2009, valentino doesn't break his leg and casey isn't on a piece of junk in 2010, and valentino isn't on a piece of junk in 2011-12, then actually maybe valentino sparking open animosity with casey COULD have cost him. but we don't know that! didn't happen! I wish we could have found out, but we never got the chance! as it stands, the tally on this is pretty straightforward: casey won the title when things were reasonably civil between them in 2007, and valentino took control of the following season at the exact moment he worsened the relationship between the pair of them in 2008. obviously, it's all more complicated than that and casey would of course argue laguna didn't negatively affect his subsequent performances... but it certainly didn't help them. like, at the very worst valentino escalating tensions in 2008 is a complete net neutral. after 2009, them being bitchy to each other every other tuesday was completely competitively irrelevant beyond maybe affecting how they approached occasionally fighting for a podium position. hey, maybe casey used that feud to fire himself up through sheer spite throughout the later stages of his career, but that doesn't actually support his anti-feud stance - it's basically the exact same thing as what valentino does. they're both quite similar in that regard! always so hungry to prove a point, to show how someone else is wrong. kinda half the point with this feuding business is to get yourself going, get yourself motivated, yeah. he straight up openly admits to using yamaha's repeat rejection of him as a way of giving himself motivation, and at the end of the day that's really not all that different?

anyway, what else does casey say... oh yeah, that him and the other aliens were already kinda prepared for this and had learned vale's tricks. that valentino had only been able to get into the minds of the previous generation. welllllll *wiggles hand* sure, I mean, he did clearly have to change his approach... he couldn't just use the exact same playbook to get to them, either on-track or off-track. but that's why he did change up the playbook... again, whether you want to believe valentino won his final two titles 'in the head' rather than just through pure pace kinda depends on how you assess the evidence, but it is at the very least a debate. and, y'know, it's always worth remembering that valentino's most important mind games with casey didn't happen in a press conference... it was on the track. and the on-track stuff really is just embedded in how valentino approaches winning. speaking of aliens, this is what dani and jorge have said:

like, valentino's entire approach to his riding, even to the way he's setting his bike up, is deliberately about directly fucking with you... he's not actually always trying to be faster than you as much as he's trying to give himself the tools to make your life miserable, to pressure you into mistakes, etc etc... and again, especially with casey (if anything because he was so mentally sturdy), the off-track stuff was really just window dressing. (I know they bicker a lot after 2009 but it's just so fundamentally irrelevant to actual on-track competition.) so you can be aware of those tricks, but it also doesn't necessarily help you when someone's being nasty to you on-track in a way you just fully do not enjoy. which is what it was like for casey! for casey, a lot of this comes back to the truly unpleasant context of how he was perceived by the public, how he was treated as mentally weak or 'broken' or whatever partly because he had the misfortune of coming up against a bloke who had the reputation for breaking rivals. I think it's quite natural to end up with a bit of a hardliner 'actually I've never been mentally affected by a result in my life' stance - and of course casey is a lot tougher than a lot of people give him credit for. that being said. sometimes your rivals affect you, shit happens, it's part of the game. it's fundamentally a nice idea to think that valentino's tactics weren't just morally wrong but also ineffective, which is kind of the appeal of this narrative, right? you want to believe you're above that, you want to believe you were adequately prepared and wise to valentino's tactic. it's unsurprising and understandable that casey does tend to tell the story that way, but again it's *wiggles hand* also hard to describe it as completely factual

uh. what else. oh I'm thrilled casey does canonically know valentino and marc were friends, he has said he wasn't following motogp too much during that time period so you couldn't be sure of that. does this mean anything? does it tell you anything? well, no, but it's just a pleasing thought to me. I like that. oh also 'provoking particularly aggressive riders isn't a good idea' is kinda a funny take from casey? like, he of all people would hate the idea of being cowed by someone's reputation like that... casey's right that provoking fast riders can potentially be dangerous, but y'know I do think that's probably not news to anyone almost nine years later. um. that's all I've got I think

[sillyfreakx5]

WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYONE FROM CALIFORNIA

[tommygotwrittenoff]

i need eddie to get another guy friend in season 8, and buck loses his shit about it (again), so he breaks up with t because he's convinced that the weird feeling he gets when he sees them together is because he is Really attracted to the new guy.

[tired-twili]

Venting bcs what is social lifes man

[eunique]

Having some thoughts rn don't mind me

Tw: Alcohol Mention

I honestly don't enjoy NZ's drinking culture and I get stressed out everytime I say "I don't drink" to someone. Because it means I have to explain I don't enjoy the taste of alcohol and I will have hear one of 3 responses:

1) "Oh, there's plenty of alcohol that tastes good!" - These people mean well but believe me, all alcohol tastes like shit to me. Don't change my mind. I'm good thanks

2) "FAKE ASIAN!" - Whenever I mention I don't like soju specifically in a convo where soju is mentioned. Usually as a joke but I've heard this response enough that I find it quite rude now. Bruv I'm not even fucking Korean? Also that's racist of you to one, deny my Asian identity bc of one Asian product I don't like and two tereotype me bc of one Asian product

3) "So what do you do for fun then?" - Answer is easy, sit on my ass at home. In bed, with my laptop. Sorry that I'd rather have fun in a more peaceful way rather than go out and get shit faced every weekend. I'd like to have a functioning set liver and kidneys when I'm 45 thank you very much.

The glorofication of getting drunk and being heavy drinkers fucking sucks. NZ's drinking culture is so nasty. I hate how it's considered cool to drink and get drunk. It's stupid. I hate it and I wished people can just leave me the fuck alone when I say I don't drink. I don't want to have to fucking explain why every fucking time. I'm tired and I just want to not be judged for choosing to be sober

[thnksfrthmmrs]

[rosicheeks]

i do not know if i ever sent this to you. i have posted it. i hope you like it Princess.

[kuromi-hoemie]

me: weird, I’m not able to reblog anymore? If I click reblog nothing pops up. I notice ublock origin’s counter keeps going up, what gives?

tumblr:

why the fuck is a wordpress pixel preventing me from reblogging you loser ass website. I’m not on wordpress, this breakage shouldn’t be happening.

Tbf, if I open a new tab or refresh the page I’m able to reblog again - but if I’m deep in the dash that’s obviously not the ideal move to make. I’m assuming this has something to do with the new UI Tumblr’s using because this hasn’t happened before.

Also, having refreshed the page and basically JUST making this post - can you fucking not??

Maybe it’s because I have the logger open so it’s not refreshing things but uhhh yeah this is dumb, whatever’s happening here.

On top of my heart kinda racing (bad) by just using the new UI because it feels like I’m on twitter again I’m just so annoyed with everything @staff​ is doing >.> STOP IT god dammit

[death-himself]

I feel like I should stop listening to Lovejoy as a whole, but I need a second opinion because I’m still trying to wrap my head around the situation /gen

(Also sending love to Shelby and the others who were abused, or are being abused)

honestly, it’s perfectly fine to take your time with this

it’s also fine to keep listening to lovejoy if you want, i’m not gonna sit here and pretend i don’t listen to a bunch of problematic and/or downright terrible artists (falling in reverse and msi for ex…) so long as you’re not buying merch or anything there’s nothing wrong with it

wilbur was probably my favorite mcyt, i’m gonna miss his content a lot, but i don’t think i personally will ever be able to watch/listen to anything he creates anymore. if someone acknowledges what he’s done and continues to watch/listen to his stuff, i’m not gonna assume they’re a terrible shitty person. just consume media critically, be aware of who you’re supporting

i never watched much of shelby’s stuff, but i really hope she’s doing alright and knows she has support <3

[mysunshine-youremoonlight]

i feel like makoto (p5) was just atlus trying to recreate mitsuru's character archetype and failing

[dinopant]

i need to move out of this 'idk what im doing with myself' phase in my life and start doin shit that makes me feel like it matters

[ive-fallen-and-i-cannot-get-up]

u ever drift from one friend group to another but ur still kinda friends with ur old friends and u realise that ur new friend group is so much nicer. like they’re both nice to u but every now and then ur old friends make a joke that a) isn’t that funny and b) is kinda mean to a group of ppl i.e. fat ppl and ur just like “huh either i’ve matured and u haven’t or i just didn’t realise how empathetic ppl could be before i met my new friends”

[marathedemonoverlord]

You know idk if I'm in a rut (and not the fun type) or not but I feel sort of... Uninvested in Nightbringer lately. I mean I still do the daily tasks and still play story mode but the game doesn't grip me like S1 or OG Obey Me did... Things almost feel stale or stagnant to me where I'm just doing them cause I liked the Original and don't really care for the New App to the same degree I did when getting OG Obey Me.

I wonder if there's a way to get me reinvested because like it's sort of weird how obsessed I was with OG Obey Me and how indifferent I am to Nightbringer now. Maybe it's just cause Nightbringer's whole energy is something I'm not feeling or the game literally is just losing its flavor for me.

Or maybe I'm just feeling down... Hopefully I figure it out soon.

Maybe it's cause leveling up is more difficult or the Events and things just don't matter to me anymore. Maybe I ran my course with Obey Me? Idk...

I guess it's good for minor distraction I guess.